Tvheadend

Take a look at Building and possibly more importantly Packaging

Regards
Adam

P.S.
Maybe it would be worth trying to add a "new" LNB setting with the config for your setup and submitting those changes so they can get included upstream?

Good idea but I would have no idea how

Nathan,

I don't think there is much to it:

1. Fork project on github and clone your personal repo.
2. Create a sensible name, no idea what that would be ;)
3. Add that name to the list in dvb_lnblist_get() (copy existing)
4. Add settings to dvb_lnb_get_frequencies() (copy existing structure)
5. Push commits to github.
4. Submit PR on github

But if not submit a feature request with a sensible name and required settings and I'll try and add something when I get a chance.

Adam

I've been asked to add support for this type of lnb. Just wanted to ask if there are any other type of lnbs in use in NZ apart from Ku Band - lof 10750 KHz, Ku Band - lof 11300 KHz and C Band - lof 5150 KHz. Maybe you have a link to a good site describing lnbs and switching systems in use in NZ?

There may be some c-band users but I would say about 90% of people on Satellite will be using either a 10750 or a 11300 LNB. Those are the two types available to buy at the local shops. Thanks for your attention to this.

Do you guys use more than 1 lnb? If so how do you switch between lnbs? DiSEqC, toneburst, continous tone, some other way?

Btw, you can run tvheadend from the build.linux directory. if you run it as tvheadend -C, it will create a new configuration in ~/.hts/tvheadend (if it doesn't exist already). tvheadend --help will tell you what options can be used. I normally run tvheadend like this, since i keep building new versions. To replace the tvheadend installed by your package manager, you ought to learn how to create packages, as chances are that you will mess things up otherwise.

I cant talk for everyone, but most use only one LNB, if using an dish installed by sky, the LNB type circular 10750 works fine, if buying a dish for the wholesalers they all using a sharp 11300 LNB. NZ transmits TV on Optus D1 transponders 12456khz and 12483Khz (c4 from sky sits on 12644khz). These are all accessible from the standard 60cm dish. There may be some enthusiasts who have multiple dish's, I think we can see IntelSat using a 2.2m Dish and a c-band LNB but I have never come across anyone with such an installation.

If you would please test it, adam has added the support I wrote into the sourcecode. You'll find it at: https://github.com/tvheadend/tvheadend.git

Yep I will test and let you know thank you for doing that, I dont see any potential issues, the settings you used are the same as a compile I tried and they worked perfectly. I just asked if they could be made mainstream for other people to use and any future updates.